John O’Donohue on Soul Friendship
Ancient Celtic tradition upheld soul-friendships and the potential for inner growth that they teased out.
Ancient Celtic tradition upheld soul-friendships and the potential for inner growth that they teased out.
Just in time for springtime, New Mexico poet Mary McGinnis beckons us out into great outdoors with her poem “Trail Prayer”.
Joshua C. Allen’s The White Oak Peninsula is an ode to a place, a nostalgic discourse into earthy wildness and days of youth and adventure that many of us can relate to.
BY CYNDY CENDAGORTA
As her friend fell sick while she fell in love, she realized we don’t get to choose our miracles or our malignancies.
BY ELIZABETH BLUE
The car that had been broken into wasn’t mine. It wasn’t his, either. Technically it belonged to his girlfriend – his primary partner of fifteen years.
After the death of the poet William Stafford in 1993, his friend Robert Bly wrote this tribute against the image of water flowing down the rocks of Montana gullies.
BY KENT JACOBSON
A baseball field was a sanctuary for a small community of boys who were surrounded by angry fathers they were too young to understand.
Brandon McQuade’s poem, ‘Two Whiskies’, is a melancholy narrative of the author’s dream of a late friend.
BY CHAPIN CIMINO
What stays with us over the decades: Navigating the grey mists of love and affection by the quirky light of a college friendship.
Friendship transcends mere companionship to reach a more elevated goal – that of a shared vision or a common question.